OnePlus copied the iPhone X gestures in OnePlus 5T

Apple, the iPhone X , took a bold step by removing the Home button and make the whole user experience dependent on smart gestures that the brand has increased over the years.

Although the new iPhone has been the target of much criticism, the truth is that has become an inspiring model. The OnePlus went to get a lot of inspiration to X to create new smart gestures to serve the OnePlus 5T.

Reviews give rise to inspiration

After being released, many were the voices that criticized the price of the iPhone X, a few days later, some brands have announced terminals with prices of around and overcome the latest iPhone the Cupertino company.

The screen of the iPhone X was criticized for bringing a "unibrow" that clustered a group of important sensors to the smartphone's performance. However, the development of the market shows that manufacturers are to embark on a similar solution or even less creative, regarding the screen occupation.

The Face ID has been a cornerstone in the renewed security scheme iPhone X. target of much criticism, having been called into question with the most diverse arguments, it seems to be the trend now. The market for smartphones will already receive this year multiple devices with similar technologies to Face ID. Even if there is already technology that puts the Touch ID under the screen, the trend seems to go for that choice, facial recognition using 3D technology is the near future.

And the gestures?

The gestures are part of the DNA of Apple since the first iPhone. The truth is that are so important that the company is removing the physical buttons and increase the tasks performed by a collection of smart gestures and iPhone X this path became clear and assumed.

The market reacts and OnePlus he even copy the gestures of the iPhone X to allow users of the OnePlus 5T a richer use.

The gestures came in the third beta of Android Oreo for OnePlus 5T, the latest smartphone OnePlus. If the new option is enabled, the Android navigation bar will disappear and only the finger movements on the screen will allow the same result. Therefore, you must slide up from the bottom of the screen to return to the Home screen, like the iPhone X. If you do the same gesture and stop the finger pressed halfway, you see the multitasking option, again like the iPhone X.

For information, Android smartphones have three buttons on the navigation bar: a button to go back, a button to the main screen and a button to open the multitasking.

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